Hope Jezzard's phobia of hospitals was so intense that it seemed inconceivable she would ever work in one. Now, Hope is a ...

This blog discusses events in Call the Midwife Season 13 Episode 2. The opinions expressed in this blog post are solely those of the author. “Learning and growth can be solitary pursuits. We close ...

A rigorous national accreditation process was one of the first educational innovations, established in 1965, and the first site visits for the evaluation of educational programs were conducted in 1968 ...

In a cabin located in an unincorporated community in south central Tennessee, Tori Smith-Lassiter birthed her fifth child. The Farm Midwifery Center, located about 70 miles southwest of Nashville, was ...

Legislation passed in 2017 in South Dakota opened the door to licensing of a new classification of “professional midwives,” who can become certified to perform home births with far less training and ...

Heavy workloads, staffing pressures and inadequate pay for lecturers are creating “unprecedented” challenges when it comes to educating the next generation of midwives, according to a new report. The ...

Midwifery education has evolved to integrate both theoretical frameworks and hands‐on clinical placements, emphasising the vital importance of continuity of care and woman-centred practice.

Today there are a variety of basic and graduate midwifery education programs including 43 ACNM-accredited nurse-midwifery or midwifery education programs and more than 7,000 Certified Nurse-Midwife ...